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Re:Pattern matching accepted for Python by pfalcon on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:17AM (#26087445)
> It would make even more sense for Python not to adopt language features that can't be made to behave consistently with the language's existing syntax and semantics

Current match behavior is consistent with existing syntax and semantics.

And no, not adopting new features known to be generally useful across programming languages is not "better". Instead, better to continue elaborating the language even after the initial pattern matching support is added.

Interested in block-level scoping in Python? Please post on the python-ideas mailing list.

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Re:Pattern matching accepted for Python by mumblemumble on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @09:06AM (#26089247)
Why did you chop the last four words off of that sentence you quoted? All it accomplishes is making it so that the response rebuts a statement that wasn't actually made.
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